by Allison | Aug 7, 2014 | ACT, Legal Alert, Levies, Levies, NSW
In July 2014, Australian Security Investments Commission (ASIC) and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) jointly released a publication entitled “Debt Collection Guideline: for collectors and creditors” (the Guideline). The Guideline is a timely...
by Allison | Jul 21, 2014 | ACT, Legal Alert, Levies, Levies, NSW
Once judgment has been granted in a levy recovery matter the Owners Corporation should seriously consider applying for the issue of a bankruptcy notice. When is a bankruptcy notice possible? To obtain a bankruptcy notice in levy recovery matters the judgment debt must...
by Allison | Jul 15, 2014 | ACT, Case Review, NSW, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes
When recovering strata levies or defending an application by a lot owner in respect of the validity of a meeting, it is essential that you have good processes in place and can demonstrate that you have followed these processes when sending meeting notices and levy...
by Allison | Jun 29, 2014 | ACT, Case Review, NSW, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes
Many commercial contracts, including those between building managers, facilities managers, caretakers, strata managers and Owners Corporations, have a clause buried towards the end of the contract that sets out a process for resolving disputes. In my experience it is...
by Allison | Jun 29, 2014 | ACT, Case Review, NSW, Strata Disputes, Strata Disputes
A recent Supreme Court decision involving a dispute between an Owners Corporation and a building expert engaged to inspect the property and provide a building defects report has raised the following issues: the need for an Owners Corporation to consider the scope...
